Theme: Connections

Art is combined with other subject areas to create engaging and all-encompassing lessons. STEAM, arts integration, and project-based learning take the forefront as students discover the creative possibilities of combining sgraffito and clay, adapt their favorite comic book covers into original works of art, use textural adjectives to create ceramic sculptures, and more.

Contents:
Early Childhood
Gorgeous Brown! by Cathy Weisman Topal, Shauneen Kroll, and Rita Harris
A powerful exploration of natural found materials.

Elementary
Covering Comic Book Covers by Rama Hughes
Comic book cover adaptations inspired by artist Jack Kirby.

Who Will I Be in Twenty Years? by Jeff Lonnett
An inquiry-based approach to portrait-making.

Middle School
Adjective Sculptures by Janine Campbell
Using textural adjectives as a springboard for design.

Tessellation Tiles by Annamarie Baldauf
Relief sculptures with a mathematical connection.

High School
Scratching the Surface by Jessica Stifel
Discovering the creative possibilities of sgraffito and clay.

Building a STEAMy Stop-Motion with Design Thinking by Andrew D. Watson
Introducing students to Design Thinking with stop-motion animation.

Looking & Learning by Karl Cole and Robb Sandagata
John Brickels: Nostalgia and Narrative

Departments
Meeting Individual Needs: Cylinder Printing by David Burton

Clipcards
Nesting Hens by Wendy Libby
Collaborative Assemblage by Sara Schmickle Kirker
I Resemble That Remark! by Melody Weintraub
Appropriated Subjects by Frank Juarez

The Open Art Room: Color Exploration by Melissa Purtee